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Survey: California Dept of Corrections Pharmaceutical Expenditures
The survey revealed that despite a two percent decrease in inmate population between fiscal years 1999-00 and 2002-03, the pharmaceutical expenditures of the Department of Corrections increased 111 percent, from $63 million in 1999-00 to $133 million in 2002-03. During the same period, the national consumer price index for pharmaceutical drugs increased only 22 percent.
The Office of the Inspector General found that the department's pharmaceutical expenditures are also significantly higher than those of two prison systems comparable in size - the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the Texas state prison system - and have increased at a much faster rate.
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